Edmonton missed the playoffs with McDavid and Draisaitl they can miss them without them as well. I am not recommending trading away one of the top centers but the Oilers won a cup after Gretzky was traded away.
If you follow the McDavid trade it is essentially O'Reilly, Parayko, Nelson (because cap was cleared after moving Lucic with the first from STL) for McDavid and Lucic. #1 center, #1 Defenseman, #2 center.
Adding Gallagher, and Drouin for Draisaitl this finally gives the Oilers two top lines.
That is a really good offer for Butcher maybe more than needed but IMO a team would need to over pay to get him.
I get to watch Brown too often, he is perfect as a 4th line winger with a really good Corsi %.
IMO this team is better (BTW I am not a fan of O'Reilly, maybe you could get Tarasenko instead) with a MUCH better defense and two good scoring lines.
Instead of buying out Sekera, I wonder if Betterall would give you Hunwick for him. Sekera (then the cap hit will be shortened) is a little over paid but is he would be the Sabres #2 LHD.
You built a really good team, greatly improved defense, upgraded the 4th line, and gave the team 2 good top lines. Five stars if I could give it to you.
Quoting: EthanBearForVezina
Nah
Quoting: Nhl_oilers
Definitely not the McDavid, or Draisaitl trade!
Quoting: BootBoi
Chiarelli ghost still haunting ED'S halls.